"Show Me the Money"
While not discounting the fact that for most, compensation is probably the primary factor in evaluating a job, but is it the only one? What about working conditions: hours of service, roster stability, pilot input to roster, company attitude and treatment of crew, company training philosophy, engineering etc…These are the subjective issues about the job that unfortunately can not be evaluated until employed.
SIA’s training bond scheme is not primarily meant to prevent pilots from joining just to get a rating/type experience. It’s meant to keep you here once you find out the truth about the intangibles.
Reading all these posts would give credibility to the oft-said comment that most pilots are basically whores. They’ll do most anything as along as the money’s ok. Pity, as managements the world over are acutely aware of this as well.
PQ